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Privacy NoticeAs Princess Beatrice celebrates her 36th birthday today, she’s likely to be showered with lavish gifts. Her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi is sure to spoil her with some delightful presents, but none can top a special gift she once received from her late grandmother, the Queen. The monarch was famous for spoiling her grandchildren and has previously gifted both Prince William and Prince Harry stunning homes on their wedding days. It appears that the Queen extended the same generosity to Beatrice and her younger sister, Princess Eugenie. In 1997, it’s believed she splashed out on Birch Hall – a seven-bedroom Georgian mansion in Surrey – as a gift for the sisters, who were just seven and nine at the time.
Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi with the Queen and the late Prince Philip on their wedding day
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The gorgeous property features a tennis court, swimming pool and a separate two-bedroom house on the five-acre site, making it an ideal home for the princesses and their mum, Sarah Ferguson. However, Beatrice and Eugenie never moved in and the house remained vacant for two years. This was reportedly due to Fergie refusing to move in, citing the enormous running and upkeep costs as unaffordable, according to the Mail. So, two years after the Queen purchased it, the property was sold, with estate agents attributing the sale to “due to a change of circumstance”, reports the Mirror. The cash was reportedly set aside in a trust for the sisters to access when they grew up. Chatting about the sale, Andrew Russell from Strutt and Parker gushed to the Mail: “It is probably one of the very best of north Surrey’s village houses, there’s not many that come on the market. “The house itself is a very attractive and imposing-looking property. Some of the rooms are really quite dramatic, with high ceilings and full floor-to-ceiling sash windows. The owners bought it from the trustees acting for the Queen in 1999.
Birch Hall is reportedly worth £1.5 million
“The trustees bought it in 1997 for the princesses and I imagine it was chosen because it’s a pretty house in a popular village and the gardens are a real draw, it’s more like parkland. But they never moved in.” Yet, this wasn’t the end of Queen Elizabeth’s generosity towards Beatrice, her fifth grandchild. For her intimate July 2020 wedding to Edoardo, which was dialled down due to Covid restrictions, Beatrice donned a vintage treasure directly from the Queen’s personal collection. The gown was a Norman Hartnell original, previously worn by the Queen at glamorous events in the ’60s. To top off her look, Beatrice chose the Queen Mary diamond fringe tiara, not just a stunning piece but also steeped in Royal history, having graced the Queen herself on her own wedding day. Royal expert Penny Junor shared a heartwarming insight, saying: “It’s really touching that the Queen showed such solidarity with her, especially with the tiara that she herself was married in speaks volumes. I think it shows how fond her grandparents are of her, it’s really heartwarming.”Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnFergiePrince HarryPrince WilliamPrincess BeatricePrincess Eugenie
